TOP GROSSING MOVIES THAT NEVER HIT #1, THE TOP 5 OR TOP 10*
1982Present
Note: This chart shows the top 150 movies regardless of sorting. Rank OR^ Title (click to view) Studio Top Rank Release Gross** Year^ 1
634
Space Station 3-D (IMAX)
Imax
13
$88,031,952
2002
2
639
Everest (IMAX)
MFF
11
$87,178,599
1998
3
671
Up in the Air
Par.
6
$83,823,381
2009
4
689
The Descendants
FoxS
7
$82,584,160
2011
5
748
The English Patient
Mira.
7
$78,676,425
1996
6
762
March of the Penguins
WIP
6
$77,437,223
2005
7
790
We Bought a Zoo
Fox
6
$75,624,550
2011
8
853
Chocolat
Mira.
7
$71,509,363
2000
9
854
Sideways
FoxS
8
$71,503,593
2004
10
1,053
Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)
BV
11
$60,655,420
2000^
11
1,126
The Cider House Rules
Mira.
6
$57,545,092
1999
12
1,125
Life Is Beautiful
Mira.
8
$57,247,384
1998^
13
1,151
Midnight in Paris
SPC
7
$56,817,045
2011
14
1,161
The Queen
Mira.
9
$56,441,711
2006
15
1,222
P.S. I Love You
WB
6
$53,695,808
2007
16
1,234
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)
Imax
16
$53,324,129
1998
17
1,278
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
BV
6
$51,854,875
2012
18
1,279
Finding Forrester
Sony
6
$51,804,714
2000
19
1,286
Finding Neverland
Mira.
8
$51,680,613
2004
20
1,273
Amadeus
Orion
6
$51,564,280
1984^
21
1,297
The Phantom of the Opera
WB
9
$51,268,815
2004
22
1,308
Atonement
Focus
9
$50,927,067
2007
23
1,322
Mighty Joe Young
BV
6
$50,632,037
1998
24
1,366
Bugsy
TriS
7
$49,114,016
1991
25
1,378
Peter Pan
Uni.
6
$48,462,608
2003
26
1,413
Munich
Uni.
6
$47,403,685
2005
27
1,420
Kate and Leopold
Mira.
7
$47,121,859
2001
28
1,444
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
FoxS
6
$46,412,041
2012
29
1,464
Deep Sea 3D (IMAX)
WB
16
$45,631,390
2006
30
1,469
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
BV
9
$45,512,588
2000
31
1,470
Moonrise Kingdom
Focus
7
$45,512,466
2012
32
1,489
Red Dawn (2012)
FD
7
$44,806,783
2012
33
1,494
The Artist
Wein.
11
$44,671,682
2011
34
1,496
Lost in Translation
Focus
7
$44,585,453
2003
35
1,498
Napoleon Dynamite
FoxS
8
$44,540,956
2004
36
1,530
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
WB
6
$43,585,753
2010
37
1,532
We Are Marshall
WB
7
$43,545,364
2006
38
1,541
Sense and Sensibility
Sony
8
$43,182,776
1995
39
1,555
Gulliver's Travels
Fox
8
$42,779,261
2010
40
1,591
Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem
Fox
6
$41,797,066
2007
41
1,594
The Hours
Par.
9
$41,675,994
2002
42
1,605
Gosford Park
USA
9
$41,308,615
2001
43
1,622
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
SonR
6
$40,946,255
2007
44
1,635
Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX)
Imax
13
$40,593,486
1998
45
1,651
I Am Sam
NL
7
$40,311,852
2001
46
1,657
There Will Be Blood
ParV
9
$40,222,514
2007
47
1,661
The Piano
Mira.
7
$40,157,856
1993
48
1,664
The Wild Thornberrys
Par.
6
$40,108,697
2002
49
1,691
Crazy Heart
FoxS
8
$39,464,306
2009
50
1,696
Dead Man Walking
Gram.
6
$39,363,635
1995
51
1,699
Anna and the King
Fox
6
$39,263,420
1999
52
1,720
About Last Night...
TriS
6
$38,702,310
1986
53
1,730
Hubble 3D
WB
17
$38,451,861
2010
54
1,734
Pride and Prejudice
Focus
7
$38,405,088
2005
55
1,752
Ninja Assassin
WB
6
$38,122,883
2009
56
1,764
It Could Happen to You
TriS
6
$37,939,757
1994
57
1,782
Pan's Labyrinth
PicH
7
$37,634,615
2006
58
1,804
The Guilt Trip
Par.
6
$37,134,215
2012
59
1,843
Son-in-Law
BV
6
$36,448,400
1993
60
1,866
In the Bedroom
Mira.
12
$35,930,604
2001
61
1,869
Shine
FL
9
$35,892,330
1996
62
1,875
The Mothman Prophecies
SGem
6
$35,746,370
2002
63
1,877
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Fox
6
$35,739,755
1993
64
1,880
The Indian in the Cupboard
Par.
6
$35,656,131
1995
65
1,889
The Ringer
FoxS
7
$35,428,675
2005
66
1,890
Mermaids
Orion
6
$35,419,397
1990
67
1,934
Man on the Moon
Uni.
6
$34,607,430
1999
68
1,940
Monster
NM
9
$34,469,210
2003
69
1,943
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Focus
7
$34,400,301
2004
70
1,949
Babel
ParV
6
$34,302,837
2006
71
1,950
Alexander
WB
6
$34,297,191
2004
72
1,953
The Reader
Wein.
12
$34,194,407
2008
73
1,955
Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)
Imax
19
$34,128,076
2005
75
1,977
Marmaduke
Fox
6
$33,644,788
2010
76
1,987
2016 Obama's America
RM
7
$33,449,086
2012
77
1,989
Doubt
Mira.
9
$33,446,470
2008
78
2,000
Breach
Uni.
6
$33,231,264
2007
79
2,001
Amelie
Mira.
9
$33,225,499
2001
80
2,009
Dracula 2000
Mira.
7
$33,022,767
2000
81
2,014
The Joy Luck Club
BV
6
$32,901,136
1993
82
2,038
The Pianist
Focus
11
$32,572,577
2002
83
2,041
Bend It Like Beckham
FoxS
9
$32,543,449
2003
84
2,048
(500) Days of Summer
FoxS
9
$32,391,374
2009
85
2,083
Milk
Focus
9
$31,841,299
2008
86
2,084
Push
Sum.
6
$31,811,527
2009
87
2,092
Transporter 3
LGF
7
$31,715,062
2008
88
2,095
Under the Sea 3D
WB
18
$31,668,025
2009
89
2,096
August Rush
WB
7
$31,664,162
2007
90
2,104
Good Night, and Good Luck.
WIP
7
$31,558,003
2005
91
2,118
Monster's Ball
Lions
12
$31,273,922
2001
92
2,133
Calendar Girls
BV
9
$31,041,759
2003
93
2,173
The Great Debaters
MGM/W
11
$30,236,407
2007
94
2,174
Weekend at Bernie's
Fox
8
$30,218,387
1989
95
2,175
How Do You Know
Sony
8
$30,212,620
2010
96
2,183
Space Chimps
Fox
7
$30,105,968
2008
97
2,187
Elizabeth
Gram.
8
$30,082,699
1998
98
2,188
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
WB
6
$30,077,111
1995
99
2,194
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Fox
12
$30,031,783
1984
100
2,195
The Iron Lady
Wein.
10
$30,017,992
2011
101
2,197
Madeline
Sony
6
$29,967,750
1998
102
2,199
Green Card
BV
6
$29,888,235
1990
103
2,203
Mystery Men
Uni.
6
$29,762,011
1999
104
2,215
Bless the Child
Par.
7
$29,381,494
2000
105
2,232
Out to Sea
Fox
6
$29,022,252
1997
106
2,233
Nanny McPhee Returns
Uni.
8
$29,011,215
2010
107
2,241
In the Army Now
BV
6
$28,881,266
1994
108
2,244
Capote
SPC
13
$28,750,530
2005
109
2,245
Starman
Col.
6
$28,744,356
1984
110
2,251
Defiance
ParV
8
$28,644,813
2008
111
2,266
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
MGM
6
$28,442,574
2002
112
2,267
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Fox
7
$28,426,747
2006
113
2,269
The Shawshank Redemption
Col.
8
$28,341,469
1994^
114
2,275
The Prince and Me
Par.
6
$28,176,497
2004
115
2,287
Menace II Society
NL
6
$27,912,072
1993
116
2,293
The Majestic
WB
7
$27,807,266
2001
117
2,295
The Switch
Mira.
7
$27,779,426
2010
118
2,303
Do the Right Thing
Uni.
8
$27,545,445
1989
119
2,314
The Muppet Christmas Carol
BV
6
$27,281,507
1992
120
2,330
The Missing
SonR
7
$27,011,180
2003
121
2,343
Glory
TriS
8
$26,828,365
1989
122
2,346
Garden State
FoxS
11
$26,782,316
2004
123
2,348
Overboard
MGM
7
$26,713,187
1987
124
2,350
Winnie the Pooh
BV
6
$26,692,846
2011
125
2,353
The Host (2013)
ORF
6
$26,627,201
2013
126
2,356
An American Werewolf in Paris
BV
7
$26,570,463
1997
127
2,362
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
DW
6
$26,483,452
2003
128
2,370
I.Q.
Par.
7
$26,381,221
1994
129
2,374
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
NL
6
$26,276,465
2003
130
2,376
The Wrestler
FoxS
14
$26,238,243
2008
131
2,379
Ramona and Beezus
Fox
6
$26,167,002
2010
132
2,388
Howards End
SPC
13
$25,966,555
1992
133
2,391
The Nanny Diaries
MGM/W
6
$25,930,652
2007
134
2,394
Leap Year
Uni.
6
$25,918,920
2010
135
2,399
Frida
Mira.
9
$25,885,000
2002
136
2,403
Shadowlands
Sav.
6
$25,842,377
1993
137
2,418
Nancy Drew
WB
7
$25,612,520
2007
138
2,420
The Mist
MGM/W
8
$25,594,957
2007
139
2,422
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
Art.
6
$25,581,229
2002
140
2,423
Memento
NM
8
$25,544,867
2001
141
2,424
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Uni.
6
$25,543,895
2001
143
2,437
The International
Sony
7
$25,450,527
2009
144
1,723
The Great Mouse Detective
BV
9
$25,336,794
1986^
145
2,440
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Par.
8
$25,326,071
2012
146
2,459
The Cutting Edge
MGM
6
$25,105,517
1992
147
2,460
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
WB
6
$25,105,255
1997
148
2,463
In the Name of the Father
Uni.
10
$25,096,862
1993
149
2,465
Moscow on the Hudson
Col.
6
$25,068,724
1984
150
2,466
The Wood
Par.
6
$25,059,640
1999
CHART NOTES
* Movies that never hit the top 5 on the weekend charts in a single release.
# Overall all time rank (rank includes multple releases, if any).
** Additional releases, if any, are not included in the gross total.
^ Indicates the movie has multiple theatrical releases.
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